Gallego Cosponsors Legislation to Restore National Park and Forest Service Staffing, Protect Public Lands
Federal funding cuts have led to significant staffing reductions at national parks, including the Grand Canyon in Arizona WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) cosponsored two bills to address the consequences of recent federal staff cuts at the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The Protect Our Parks Act of 2025 and the Save Our Forests […]
Gallego, Kelly Introduce Bill to Expand Economic Opportunity in La Paz County
Bill will enable La Paz County to create hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kellyintroduced the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act, legislation to allow La Paz County, Arizona to purchase 3,400 acres of certain federal lands to further its economic development and optimize the generation […]
Gallego Co-Leads Reintroduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Ratify and Fund Historic Navajo Tribes Water Rights Settlement
WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), David Schweikert (R-AZ-01), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07), and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03) introduced the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (NAIWRSA) of 2025. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation ratifies and funds the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, […]
Gallego Presses VA Officials on Cuts to Critical VA Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran, raised serious concerns over the Trump Administration’s layoffs of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees and cuts to programs that support veterans with PTSD and uphold the PACT Act. Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. The Trump Administration’s Cuts to PTSD Program […]
Gallego Fights for Veterans Amid DOGE Layoffs
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is pushing back against the Trump Administration’s mass layoffs of VA employees that threaten essential services for veterans. The federal government is the nation’s largest employer of veterans, with nearly 30% of its workforce having served […]
Gallego, Kelly Fight to Protect Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Western Regional Office from Musk-DOGE Cuts
The Phoenix-based BIA office serves 53 tribes across the western U.S. WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly called on the Trump Administration to keep open the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Western Regional Office. The Phoenix-based office, which serves 53 tribes across the western United States, is on the chopping block because of Elon Musk and his reckless […]
Gallego Co-Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Access to Capitol, Lower Interested Rates in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) reintroduced the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act with Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Angus King (I-ME), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). This legislation would benefit American families, farmers and rural communities nationwide by providing greater flexibility to more financial institutions to offer affordable lines of credit to […]
Gallego Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Support Defrauded Veterans
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), John Boozman (R-AR), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, to reintroduce the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act. This legislation would make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits by allowing the […]
ICYMI: Senator Gallego Brings Veteran Fired by DOGE to Trump’s Joint Address
WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Trump’s joint Congressional address last night, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) discussed how President Trump’s policies are affecting Arizonans, including his guest for the joint address, Kyle Rahn, a disabled Army veteran and federal worker who was recently fired due to Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal workforce. Senator Gallego also discussed some areas […]
Gallego Urges Interior Department to End Funding Freeze for Colorado River Water Savings Projects
WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Democratic Senators from the three Lower Colorado Basin states in urging the Department of the Interior to immediately lift its freeze of Inflation Reduction Act funding for the Lower Colorado River System Conservation and Efficiency Program. The Senators criticized the Trump Administration’s day-one executive order halting all Inflation Reduction Act disbursements, including […]